- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- Homegoing Services for Beatrice Sweeper Palmer, Saturday, August 17, 1996, 11:00 A.M., Elim Baptist Church, Mt. Auburn Avenue, Augusta, Georgia. Reverend Charles E. Smith - Officiating.
- Date of Original:
- 1996-08-17
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Augusta--History--20th century
African American men--Georgia--Augusta--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Augusta--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Augusta--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Augusta--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Augusta--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Program for the August 17, 1996 funeral of Beatrice Sweeper Palmer. Funeral Date: August 17, 1996. Church: Elim Baptist Church (Augusta, Ga.)
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_fpro_palmerbeatrice19960817
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_palmerbeatrice19960817
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
-
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Beatrice Sleeper epafmer
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1996
11:00 AM.
Elim Baptist Church
Mt. Auburn Avenue
Augusta, Georgia
* * * *
Reverend Charles E. Smith. - Officiating
(Obituary
Beatrice weeper ^Pafmer was bom August 14, 1950, the
daughter of the late Julia Blount Sweeper in Richmond County, Georgia.
She attended the local schools of Augusta, Georgia and graduated from
Lucy Laney High School in 1968. She joined Southern Bell after high
school which is now Bell South and was employed there for over
twenty-four years.
She was baptized at Beulah Grove Baptist Church at a young age by the
late Rev. B. I. Vernon. In later years, she changed her membership to
Elim Baptist Church on the Sand Hill.
"Ben", as she was called was loved by everyone.
She is survived by: two brothers, William H. Sweeper, Riverdale, GA
and George C. Sweeper, Augusta, GA; sister, Maijorie Sweeper Hunter,
East Orange, NJ; three aunts, Pinkie B. Walton, Rebecca S. Blount,
Augusta, GA and Ruth S. Blount, Mt. Vernon, NY; two nieces, Karen L.
Hunter, East Orange, NJ and Simone Sweeper, Augusta, GA; three
nephews, William H. "Hank" Sweeper, II, Michael A. Sweeper, Augusta,
GA and Kevin Hunter, East Orange, NJ; two sisters-in-law, Janette
Thompkins Sweeper, Augusta, GA and Dorothy Sweeper, Riverdale,
GA; brother-in-law, Donald Hunter, East Orange, NJ; dear beloved
fiance, Robert Martin Green; and a host of other relatives and friends.
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Processional
Presiding...................................Rev. Charles E. Smith
Scripture
Prayer...........................Evang. Georgette Thomas Magwood
Selection ............................................Elim Choir
Acknowledgements ................................Marlene Watkins
Selection ...............................George Lillian Thompkins
Eulogy .....................................Rev. Charles E. Smith
Recessional
Interment ..................................Walker Memorial Park
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"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the
courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the
difference."
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Tyrone C. Bogan Anthony Beard
Charles Walton Jerome Walton
Joseph Walton
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Losing someone we love is never easy to accept, especially when it
happens unexpectantly We find ourselves searching for a reason for
what happened and struggling to make some sense of it all.
God may not give us all the answers we seek, but He gives us support
through friends like you. We, the family of Beatrice Sweeper Palmer,
are ever so grateful for your acts of kindness and caring during our
bereavement. We thank you.
.. . THE FAMILY
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Services Entrusted To
WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME, INC.
1765 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
Augusta, Georgia